Birmingham - Ipswich

Birmingham

Championship Season 2025 - Round 1

Friday 8 August 2025 20:00

1 - 1

Finished

Referee: A. Kitchen

Ipswich

Result

Ball possession

51%

49%

Timeline

Bright Osayi-Samuel

19'

Jack Taylor

44'

Azor Matusiwa

Jay Stansfield

1-0

55'

68'

Benjamin Johnson (out)
Ashley Young (in)

68'

Samuel Szmodics (out)
Conor Chaplin (in)

68'

Chiedozie Ogbene (out)
Nathan Broadhead (in)

Seung-Ho Paik

71'

Kyogo Furuhashi (out)
Thomas Doyle (in)

77'

79'

Jack Clarke (out)
Ali Al-Hamadi (in)

Demarai Gray (out)
Ethan Laird (in)

83'

Jay Stansfield (out)
Lyndon Dykes (in)

83'

85'

Azor Matusiwa (out)
Cameron Humphreys (in)

Keshi Anderson (out)
Taylor Gardner-Hickman (in)

89'

90'

1-1 P

George Hirst

90+6'

Conor Chaplin

Odds

1X2	10Bet	188Bet	1xBet	888Sport	Bet365	Betano	Betfair	Betway	Bwin	Fonbet	Marathonbet	Pinnacle	SBO	Tipico	Unibet	William Hill
1 Birmingham	2.40	2.33	2.40	2.40	2.35	2.37	2.38	2.30	2.37	2.48	2.38	2.43	2.34	2.35	2.40	2.40
X Draw	3.25	3.20	3.34	3.25	3.30	3.25	3.25	3.20	3.25	3.25	3.34	3.28	3.12	3.10	3.15	3.20
2 Ipswich	2.98	2.95	2.98	3.00	3.00	3.10	3.00	3.00	3.00	2.90	2.99	3.16	2.91	2.95	3.00	2.90

Previous confrontations (H2H)

3 Birmingham

6 Draw

3 Ipswich

58% Over 2.5 goals

75% Both teams scored

3.0 Goals per match

2 | 1 Clean sheets

Biggest win: Birmingham 3-0 Ipswich (2016)

Most goals: Ipswich 4-2 Birmingham (2015)

Goals scored all matches

1.50

Goals in home matches

2.00

1.83

Goals in away matches

1.00

1.17

Above is calculated based on the below matches

2024-02-24 Saturday 15:00

Won 😎

Ipswich 3

Birmingham

2023-11-04 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Birmingham 3

Ipswich

2019-04-13 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Ipswich 5

Birmingham

2018-09-29 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Birmingham

Ipswich 3

2018-03-31 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Birmingham 2 P

Ipswich 3

2017-08-05 Saturday 15:00

Won 😀

Ipswich

Birmingham

2017-04-01 Saturday 15:00

Draw 🤔

Ipswich

Birmingham

2016-12-13 Tuesday 19:45

Won 😀

Birmingham 3 P

Ipswich 2

2016-01-23 Saturday 15:00

Walkover 🔥

Birmingham 2

Ipswich

2015-09-18 Friday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Ipswich 2 P

Birmingham 2

2015-02-24 Tuesday 19:45

Won 😎

Ipswich

Birmingham

2014-08-19 Tuesday 19:45

Draw 🤔

Birmingham

Ipswich

Stats

Birmingham

Ipswich

Shots on goal

Shots off goal

Total shots

Shots inside box

Shots outside box

Fouls

Corners

Yellow cards

365

Total passes

343

276

Passes success

271

76%

Passes %

79%

1.13

Expected goals (xG)

1.26

0.12

Goals prevented

0.12

Stadion

Stadion name

St Andrew's Trillion Trophy Stadium

Capacity

30009

Address

St. Andrew's Road
Birmingham

table 2025

Championship

Team	Pts
Coventry	95
Ipswich	84
Millwall	83
Southampton	80
Middlesbrough	80
Hull City	73
Wrexham	71
Derby	69
Norwich	65
Birmingham	64
Swansea	64
Bristol City	62
Sheffield Utd	60
Preston	60
QPR	58
Watford	57
Stoke City	55
Portsmouth	55
Charlton	53
Blackburn	52
West Brom	51
Oxford United	47
Leicester	46
Sheffield Wednesday	0

Complete table

Line-ups

Birmingham — Formation: 4-2-3-1

Coach: Christopher Paul Davies

Ryan Allsop

Bright Osayi-Samuel

Phil Neumann

Christoph Klarer

Alexander Cochrane

Tomoki Iwata

Seung-Ho Paik

Demarai Gray

Jay Stansfield

Keshi Anderson

Kyogo Furuhashi

George Hirst

Samuel Szmodics

Jack Clarke

Jack Taylor

Azor Matusiwa

Chiedozie Ogbene

Leif Davis

Jacob Greaves

Dara O'Shea

Benjamin Johnson

Alex Palmer

Ipswich — Formation: 4-4-1-1 Logo Ipswich

Coach: Kieran McKenna

Birmingham — Formation: 4-2-3-1

Coach: Christopher Paul Davies

Ipswich — Formation: 4-4-1-1 Logo Ipswich

Coach: Kieran McKenna

Ryan Allsop

Bright Osayi-Samuel

Phil Neumann

Christoph Klarer

Alexander Cochrane

Tomoki Iwata

Seung-Ho Paik

Demarai Gray

Jay Stansfield

Keshi Anderson

Kyogo Furuhashi

George Hirst

Samuel Szmodics

Jack Clarke

Jack Taylor

Azor Matusiwa

Chiedozie Ogbene

Leif Davis

Jacob Greaves

Dara O'Shea

Benjamin Johnson

Alex Palmer

Substitutes

Substitutes Birmingham

Name	Age	Position
James Beadle	22	Goalkeeper
Ethan Laird	24	Defender
Krystian Bielik	28	Midfielder
Eiran Cashin	24	Midfielder
Marc Leonard	24	Midfielder
Thomas Doyle	24	Midfielder
Willum Þór Willumsson	27	Midfielder
Taylor Gardner-Hickman	24	Attacker
Lyndon Dykes	30	Attacker

Substitutes Ipswich

Name	Age	Position
Christian Walton	30	Goalkeeper
Luke Woolfenden	27	Defender
Cedric Kipre	29	Defender
Ashley Young	41	Defender
Cameron Humphreys	-	Midfielder
Finley Frank Barbrook	21	Midfielder
Conor Chaplin	29	Attacker
Nathan Broadhead	28	Attacker
Ali Al-Hamadi	24	Attacker

Player stats

#	Name	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+	🟨	Off	Sav	GC	Pen+	PenSv
14	Keshi Anderson	7.9	89	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	29	-	22	6	-	1	16	14	-	-	1	7	0	-	-	0	0	-
28	Jay Stansfield	7.3	83	Midfielder	1	0	3	1	5	1	3	2	-	1	9	4	-	-	-	2	0	-	-	0	0	-
1	Alex Palmer	7.3	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	20	-	15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	2	1	0	0
24	Tomoki Iwata	7.2	90	Midfielder	-	0	2	-	51	2	38	-	-	1	4	3	-	-	-	2	0	-	-	0	0	-
15	Ashley Young (sub)	7.2	22	Defender	-	0	-	-	17	1	16	1	-	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
8	Seung-Ho Paik	7.0	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	43	1	35	1	-	1	10	8	1	1	2	2	1	-	-	0	0	-
26	Dara O'Shea ©️	7.0	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	53	1	46	-	-	-	5	4	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
3	Leif Davis	6.9	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	20	1	16	-	-	1	5	5	-	-	-	2	0	-	-	0	0	-
7	Thomas Doyle (sub)	6.7	13	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	3	-	2	1	-	-	2	2	1	1	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
23	Samuel Szmodics	6.7	68	Attacker	-	0	1	-	19	-	14	-	-	1	7	3	3	2	1	1	0	-	-	0	0	-
10	Demarai Gray	6.6	83	Midfielder	-	0	1	1	13	-	10	2	-	-	6	3	1	-	2	1	0	-	-	0	0	-
24	Jacob Greaves	6.6	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	52	-	42	-	-	-	15	12	1	1	2	3	0	-	-	0	0	-
5	Phil Neumann	6.5	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	27	-	21	1	1	-	6	3	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	0	-
17	Lyndon Dykes (sub)	6.5	8	Attacker	-	0	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	5	1	-	-	2	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
19	Taylor Gardner-Hickman (sub)	6.5	12	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
5	Azor Matusiwa	6.5	85	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	29	-	24	1	-	2	8	3	-	-	2	1	1	-	-	0	0	-
33	Nathan Broadhead (sub)	6.5	22	Attacker	-	0	-	-	8	-	3	-	-	-	6	2	1	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	0	-
4	Christoph Klarer ©️	6.3	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	62	-	56	1	-	2	6	3	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	0	-
20	Alexander Cochrane	6.3	90	Defender	-	0	1	-	56	-	43	2	-	-	6	3	-	-	2	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
2	Ethan Laird (sub)	6.3	8	Defender	-	0	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	3	1	-	-	1	1	0	-	-	0	0	-
18	Benjamin Johnson	6.3	68	Defender	-	0	-	-	28	1	20	-	-	1	9	1	1	-	5	1	0	-	-	0	0	-
14	Jack Taylor	6.3	90	Midfielder	-	0	1	-	32	1	25	1	-	3	6	4	-	-	2	2	1	-	-	0	0	-
10	Conor Chaplin (sub)	6.3	22	Attacker	-	0	-	-	13	-	12	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	0	0	-
30	Cameron Humphreys (sub)	6.3	16	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	7	-	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
26	Bright Osayi-Samuel	6.2	90	Defender	-	0	-	-	28	1	24	-	-	1	10	5	-	-	-	4	1	1	-	0	0	-
21	Chiedozie Ogbene	6.2	68	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	17	-	15	-	-	1	5	2	2	1	-	1	0	-	-	0	0	-
9	George Hirst	6.2	90	Attacker	1	0	2	1	14	-	8	-	-	-	14	4	1	-	5	2	0	-	-	0	1	-
16	Ali Al-Hamadi (sub)	6.2	11	Attacker	-	0	-	-	7	-	5	-	-	-	6	1	3	1	1	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
47	Jack Clarke	6.0	79	Midfielder	-	0	-	-	7	-	4	-	-	-	7	1	1	-	2	1	0	-	-	0	0	-
21	Ryan Allsop	5.9	90	Goalkeeper	-	0	-	-	40	-	20	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	1	0	0
9	Kyogo Furuhashi	5.9	77	Attacker	-	0	2	-	6	-	1	-	-	-	11	2	-	-	3	1	0	-	-	0	0	-
25	James Beadle (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
41	Eiran Cashin (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
6	Krystian Bielik (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
18	Willum Þór Willumsson (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
12	Marc Leonard (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
28	Christian Walton (sub)	-	-	Goalkeeper	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
4	Cedric Kipre (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
6	Luke Woolfenden (sub)	-	-	Defender	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	-
35	Finley Frank Barbrook (sub)	-	-	Midfielder	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	-	-	0	0	-